"I was prepared to do it (offer £20,000 as surety) because there was a possibility of an injustice being perpetrated against Julian Assange personally. He has been a doing the job of a journalist and he deserves the support of people who believe that the free flow of information is the bedrock of a democracy."

The free flow of information as the bedrock of democracy. Proof that Harper's suppression of information is an attempt to destroy democracy.